1. Manufacturing
Industry.

2. SCALE OF PRODUCTION Jobbing Production Batch Production
The term ‘scale of production’ is all about the quantity of products that you’re going to manufacture.
There are FOUR main categories:-
Jobbing Production
Batch Production
Mass/Flow Production
Continuous Production

3. JOBBING PRODUCTION Examples
Your main project, architect designing a house or a cruise liner, pottery ,art, suits , large boats, cruise liner.

4. BATCH PRODUCTION
Examples
Bakery, ingredients, inks, paints, clothes, suits, adhesives
Advantages (better for smaller business who can not afford mass production.)
Faster, cheaper and generally easier than jobbing production.
Disadvantages
Could restrict you to certain goods and could be difficult to adapt

5. MASS PRODUCTION Advantages Disadvantages Examples
Cars, play stations, Xbox, TVs, radios, mobile phones.
Advantages
Large amounts of products, low prices, improved productivity (24/7) and accurate products.
Disadvantages
Requires fewer workers, expensive to start up (machines), difficult to alter, inflexible means all products have to be the same.

6. CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION

7. The type of production chosen depends on the market type.
If large quantities of the same item is required then MASS PRODUCTION is used.
If an individual item is required then JOBBING PRODUCTION is used.

8. To check to see if the target market likes the product Safety checks
Manufacturers make prototypes using a one-off method of production.
(i) State why this method is appropriate.
Cheaper
To test the final design to see if it works before you put into batch or mass production.
To check to see if the target market likes the product
Safety checks
Check the product does the job it is required to do.
Check the materials, size and finish.

9. When making a large number of products manufacturers will use either batch
production or mass production.
(ii) Explain the meaning of batch production and mass production.
Batch production – When you make a specific quantity of the same products
Mass production – when you make very large volumes of the same product.